“You can’t expect to loaf on any one play and expect to win,” Buc Head Coach Mike Kirtley said this week after Tonkawa suffered at 12-13 loss at Perry Friday night.“Coming off this loss, we need to make it to our advantage,” he said, “We had penalties and turnovers at inopportune times. Everything that was good against Newkirk the week before was bad against Perry.”The Bucs face their third straight Class 2A foe at Blackwell Friday night. Kick off is at 7 p.m.The Bucs are 1-1 and Blackwell is 0-2.Throw out the records though. It’s the annual Chikaskia River Showdown, after all.The Maroons dropped their opener to OKC Patriots 6-22, then fell last Friday night to Stigler 0-41.“They run a similar offense to Perry,” Kirtley said -- spread and multiple. “They have hardrunning backs and they are big across the front. Blackwell plays really good defense with a 4-4 alignment.”The Tonkawa-Blackwell rivalry was renewed in 2014 after a 30 year absence. Tonkawa’s last win before the series was renewed came at 6-0 in 1981. Since 2014, Tonkawa has won seven straight over the Maroons.
